The four heroes of the Xu family sat neatly with Chu Huan.
"Ajie has already told me about Master Huan's kindness. I am very grateful for Master Huan's appreciation!"
Xu Guanwen was the protagonist of this incident and the eldest brother of the Four Elites of the Xu family. When they met Chu Huan, Xu Guanwen was the first to speak.
"Actually, I appreciate Huan Shao and it is a work directed by Li Hanxiang. I shouldn't say anything more and just sign the contract. It's just that every family has different problems. As the boss of the Xu family, I have to
I want to think more about my family, so there are some things I still want to ask clearly. I hope Master Huan doesn’t mind!"
When he came, Xu Guanwen had already thought about it. It wasn't that he didn't want to join Black and White Image, but the burden of the family was now on him alone. He had to think about it, just like Xu Guanjie, who joined Black and White Image when his head was hot.
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But Xu Guanwen was very touched by Chu Huan's sincerity. He was just a little transparent in the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang, and he was still a little transparent at an older age. Chu Huan was able to personally invite him, and he was also planning to sign his second and third brothers. Such a
Appreciation, it is impossible to say that Xu Guanwen was not moved.
So at this time, Xu Guanwen chose to explain his affairs to Chu Huan openly and honestly. Only in this way did he feel that he had the greatest respect for Chu Huan.
Although Xu Guanwen did not agree to his invitation at the first time, Xu Guanwen's attitude still made Chu Huan very satisfied, so he preached.
"That's natural. If Mr. Xu doesn't understand something, just ask him directly."
Xu Guanwen said: "The first thing I want to do is to ask Mr. Huan, how much is my salary?"
It's a very straightforward question, but the more it goes like this, the more satisfied Chu Huan and Xu Guanwen's communication becomes. This is an open and honest negotiation method. Everyone tells what they need, and if they can satisfy it, they will cooperate. If they can't, they will.
Able to break up peacefully.
"Although I admire Mr. Xu very much, the film industry has its own rules. Now Mr. Xu is just a newcomer in the film industry, so the salary will naturally not be too high. However, we at Black and White Video do want to develop in the film industry for a long time.
Therefore, you will definitely not be too harsh on your own artists, so the salary for new actors is HKD 4,000 per movie. If the box office is a hit, the actor's level will be improved within the company, and the salary will naturally follow.
improve."
The salary is HK$1,000 higher than that of newcomers from Shaw Brothers, and there is a clear promotion strategy, which saves future trouble.
"The remuneration given by Mr. Huan is fair. I hope Mr. Huan doesn't mind the second thing."
Xu Guanwen asked Chu Huan again not to mind. Obviously, what he said this time was what Xu Guanwen was most concerned about.
"Please speak!" Chu Huan made a gesture of invitation.
Xu Guanwen said: "As far as I know, although Huan Shao's black and white video now has its own theater chain, its relationship with Jiahe and Shaw Brothers is actually not very good, which means that black and white video does not have its own filming studio.
Could this be a danger to black and white images?”
Chu Huan laughed and said: "This is not a problem. I have signed a contract with Mr. Shaw before and have the right to rent the Shaw Studio for five years, so Mr. Xu's worries are unnecessary!"
Xu Guanwen's eyes suddenly lit up. The second thing was what he was most worried about. After all, if he signed a contract with Black and White Video, he would definitely not be able to continue being a host in Wireless. In other words, he had already spent all his wealth at this time.
All are placed on the black and white shadow lines.
In Xu Guanwen's mind, the biggest weakness of Black and White Video is that it does not have its own studio. Now Chu Huan was able to sign a five-year lease contract with Shaw Brothers.
Then there will be no problem with black and white images for at least five years.
As for what will happen in five years' time, Xu Guanwen can't think about it that much.
"Master Huan, thank you for being able to clear up my doubts. If Xu Guanwen is dissatisfied with anything about this matter, you can bring it up at any time!"
After finishing speaking, Xu Guanwen picked up his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Chu Huan likes Xu Guanwen's character very much. He talks about everything openly without hiding anything. This is much better than those hypocrites.
"Mr. Xu is too polite. This is a contract after all. Mr. Xu asked more clearly to avoid trouble in the future. I should be happy."
After saying that, Chu Huan also picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.
The entire negotiation process did not last long. The rest of the time was spent chatting about the details of the contract and the content of the movie.
The contract period is the same as that of Xu Guanwen and Tian Ni, which is also eight years!
Of course, the same goes for his three brothers.
The three brothers Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanying, and Xu Guanjie had no objections. On the contrary, Xu Guanwu, who had been silent, spoke at this time.
"Young Master Huan, I have been studying at the Nanguo Experimental Theater Company for a while, and I also worked as a bit player on the set. There is something I want to tell Young Master Huan."
Chu Huan nodded and said, "You say."
"It's like this. After I started playing a small role, I discovered that I have no talent for being an actor, and I don't really like acting in front of the camera. Instead, I like photography and directing more. If possible, I hope
Change my own artist contract to an employee contract."
Xu Guanwu expressed his thoughts.
"Second brother!"
Xu Guanjie looked at Xu Guanwu in confusion, and Xu Guanying's eyes showed doubts. On the contrary, Xu Guanwen glanced at his younger brother, showing a complicated but relieved expression.
He understands his brother very well. Regardless of whether what Xu Guanwu said is true or false, one thing is certain, that is, no one can guarantee that anyone will become famous as an actor. This is also the case for him.
If he had not become popular in Li Hanxiang's movies, then his salary would have been just that, and if he was no longer popular, the number of movies would certainly not have been too many.
During the chat just now, Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanwu also heard what Chu Huan said. The salary for a newcomer is 4,000 Hong Kong dollars. This is the salary for the leading role and the main supporting role. If it is a walk-on role, the salary will definitely not be this salary.
Nowadays, the volume of black-and-white movies is still very small, and it is impossible to shoot forty or fifty movies a year like Shaw Brothers did. Moreover, Chu Huan's main support nowadays is Xu Guanwen.
Even Xu Guanjie has to wait, so Xu Guanwu and Xu Guanying still have to wait for the opportunity.
Brothers Xu Guanwu and Xu Guanying also understand this situation.
Xu Guanying still wanted to be an actor, and Xu Guanyu had his own ideas.
Since being an actor is not stable, it is better to be an employee and get a salary, which is more stable.
Xu Guanwu was making sacrifices for his family.
Chu Huan originally wanted Xu Guanwu to be behind the scenes, but just now Chu Huan didn't quite understand Xu Guanwu's thoughts, so he didn't ask. Now that he heard Xu Guanwu take the initiative to talk about this matter, he naturally agreed.
After finalizing this matter, the two parties had no other differences and had a very pleasant chat. However, when Xu Guanwen heard that his character needed to shave his head, he unconsciously touched his thick hair, which seemed
Somewhat embarrassing.
The other three brothers of the Xu family looked like they were snickering.
In the end, both parties agreed to go to the company to sign a contract tomorrow, thus ending today's dinner.
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The next day!
Chu Huan was driving to Black and White Image, frowning slightly and saying, "Something is not quite right!"
Qin Peng, who was in charge of driving, asked curiously: "Brother Huan, didn't the Xu brothers promise you yesterday? Is there anything else wrong?"
Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about the Xu brothers."
Ma Jizu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly said: "Brother Huan, are you talking about the Xin Ngee Ann incident?"
Chu Huan knew that Ma Jizu had always been thoughtful, but he didn't expect that the other party had even thought of this. He nodded: "Yes, it is indeed a matter of Xinyi'an."
Qin Peng said nonchalantly: "What can happen to Xin Ngee'an? Hasn't Lin Jiang been dealt with by then?"
Ma Jizu explained: "That's not the case. Although Brother Huan's behavior that night defeated Lin Jiang, in any case, Lin Jiang represents Xin Ngee'an. Brother Huan's behavior that night can be regarded as defeating Xin Ngee'an."
Face, but it has been two or three days now, and there is no movement at Xin Ngee Ann, which is a bit unreasonable."
Qin Peng shook his head and said: "Is there anything unreasonable about this? People from those clubs can't afford to offend Brother Huan, so why should they take the initiative to get Brother Huan to slap him in the face?"
Ma Jizu glanced at Qin Peng angrily and said: "What do you know? The most important thing in the society is face. Even if they don't have the guts to compete with Brother Huan, the leader of Xin Ngee'an should still show up to meet Brother Huan."
On the other hand, we talked about what happened that night, but now the other party has taken no action at all, so Brother Huan said it was abnormal."
Qin Peng looked at Chu Huan through the rearview mirror and asked, "Is that so, Brother Huan?"
Brother Huan nodded and said to Ma Jizu happily: "Azu, do you think clearly enough?"
Ma Jizu showed an embarrassed smile and said, "I was just imagining things too."
"Then what do Xin Ngee'an think?" Qin Peng couldn't help but ask.
Chu Huan and Ma Jizu both shut their mouths at the same time. If they knew what Xin Yi'an was thinking, they wouldn't have such thoughts.
The three of them came to the black and white image, and Chu Huan saw the four brothers of the Xu family who had already arrived in the hall.
When Black and White was founded, its current scale is not very large. Except for the lobby where clerks work, there is also a general manager's office, two conference rooms, grocery rooms, and bathrooms, and there is not much space.
However, in order to prepare for the company's future development, several offices are still being renovated.
As for the work on the theater side, we work in the lobby together with the employees of Black and White Video.
This scale will definitely continue to expand in the future.
"Xu Yi, is Director Li here?"
Xu Yi, Black and White Image's new secretary to the general manager, Chu Huan recruited, but now Fang Jianhui is the company's general manager, so Xu Yi now serves Fang Jianhui.
"Not yet, but I called and came out at home!" Xu Yi was dressed in light-colored professional clothes, but there was still some greenness between his eyebrows.
Just turned 19!
"Mr. Fang went to Jiamei Cinema. It is currently being renovated. Mr. Fang went to see how the progress is going."
Xu Yi introduced Chu Huan to Fang Jianhui again.
Chu Huan nodded and personally led the four Xu brothers to the conference room, which was usually used for the film crew's meetings.
Xu Yi brought coffee to the four Xu brothers, and a cup of Coke to Chu Huan. Chu Huan usually did not drink coffee except when meeting guests outside.
"Xu Yi, print out four copies of the company's artist contract and bring it over."
Chu Huan ordered Xu Yidao.
"OK!"
After Xu Yi went out, Chu Huan asked Xu Guanjie: "Sam, is there any problem with your record company?"
Xu Guanjie said nonchalantly: "It's okay. I've already made an agreement with Brother Li. I just signed a record contract with the record company and came to Black and White Video to be an actor. It's no problem."
Chu Huan nodded and said: "You have already gained some fame in Xiangjiang, so your development plan is different from Aying. Aying will appear as a supporting role in the movies invested by the company. Let's accumulate some experience first.
With his fame and acting skills, when he gets a suitable movie, the company will naturally support him.
But your development path is different, this is also a movie with the second male protagonist, so you have to wait first!"
Xu Guanjie smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, I'm currently preparing for a new album. When... Mr. Huan you have a suitable script, I can star in it again."
"Aying, don't be discouraged. The Hong Kong film industry is very tolerant now, and your image is very suitable for some specific roles. Accumulate some acting skills first, and you will definitely shine in the future."
"Awu, when the filming of the movie "Warlord" starts, you will learn photography from Director Li. In the future, if you are capable and write a good script, the company will also invest in you.
taking pictures."
Chu Huan had already thought about the development path of the four Xu brothers.
As for Xu Guanying and Xu Guanjie, they won't have to wait too long. Xu Guanwen is a very talented person, an all-round writer and director. Once he becomes familiar with the filming process, he will soon write his own script.
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Most of Xu Guanwen's early films featured the three brothers Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanying, and Xu Guanwu acting in front of the stage, with Xu Guanwu taking the shots behind the scenes.
At that time, it will be the time for the four Xu brothers to officially exert their strength.
After the four Xu brothers signed their names on the artist contract, Li Hanxiang also rushed to the company.
After learning that Chu Huan had secured Xu Guanwen, he immediately expressed that he would hold the first meeting of the crew.
Chu Huan naturally has no objection to this. The sooner the film starts shooting, the sooner it will be released, and the sooner he can make money back.
Li Hanxiang's work efficiency was very fast. After finishing his talk in the morning, he held the first plenary meeting of "The Great Warlord" in the company in the afternoon.
There are both the main actors in the movie and the staff behind the scenes. Most of the staff behind the scenes are Li Hanxiang's old generals. After Chu Huan recruited Li Hanxiang, he also recruited all his old generals.
In just three days, the preparations for "Warlords" were completed. Li Hanxiang led all members of the crew to hold a start-up ceremony at the Clear Water Bay Studio.
The opening ceremony of "Warlords" is much more formal than that of "Dragon Tiger Fight".
Mainly because more reporters came.
This is entirely due to Li Hanxiang's status in the Hong Kong film industry.
But what surprised Chu Huan was that not only many reporters came to the scene, but also an insider.
Not only an insider, but also the famous director Hu Jinquan!
"Master Huan, let me introduce to you, this is my best brother Hu Jinquan!"
Hu Jinquan's debut was different from the other three famous directors. At the earliest, Hu Jinquan was not a director, but an actor.
Hu Jinquan is from Beijing, and Li Hanxiang has the experience of studying in Beijing.
After meeting in Xiangjiang, the two hit it off and formed a heterosexual brotherhood with five other people, known as the "Seven Daxians".
Hu Jinquan also entered the entertainment industry under the introduction of Li Hanxiang. He first played a role in the movie "The Slap Eater", and then joined Shaw Brothers under the introduction of Li Hanxiang, and successively participated in "The Golden Phoenix" and "Three Sisters".
"More than 20 movies including "Beautiful Country".
In 1962, Hu Jinquan ended his career as an artist and moved behind the scenes. He still started in a movie directed by Li Hanxiang.
First, he served as the assistant director in "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" directed by Li Hanxiang, and then succeeded Li Hanxiang in filming "Yu Tangchun".
In 1964, Hu Jinquan finally directed and starred in his first film "Children of the Earth".
However, Hu Jinquan has a common problem among all directors of literary and artistic films, which caused the film "Children of the Earth" to seriously overrun the budget, making the always stingy Shao Yifu very dissatisfied.
Moreover, this movie had a lot of plots deleted due to its subject matter. Fortunately, when it was released in Taiwan, it still achieved good reputation and box office, and even won the Best Screenplay Award at the 4th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards.
Best Editing Award, Best Promotion of National Spirit Award.
"The Drunken Man", shot by Hu Jinquan in the same year, was Li Hanxiang's second film after "Children of the Earth". It was a hit in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and this established Hu Jinquan's status as a master.
Later, there was another actor in Hong Kong who had a very similar experience to Hu Jinquan, that is Er Xiaobao, who was first a Shaw Brothers actor and then a well-known director.
But Er Xiaobao is a bit strong and rarely loses money!
Talking back to Hu Jinquan, although this man achieved success in Shaw Brothers, the fact that his films exceeded the budget still made Yifu Shao very dissatisfied.
Therefore, Hu Jinquan did not receive the same treatment as Chang Cheh during his time at Shaw Brothers.
The success of two consecutive films brought Hu Jinquan into the sights of Taiwan Film Company.
Taiwan Federal Pictures Company began to recruit Hu Jinquan. Hu Jinquan felt that he was not taken seriously in Shaw Brothers, so he decisively switched to Taiwan Federal Pictures.
And he filmed the classic martial arts movie "Dragon Gate Inn" for this company!
After the film was released, it immediately became the top ten grossing Mandarin films in Taipei, and at the same time broke the highest grossing record for Chinese and foreign films since the opening of Hong Kong as a port.
Originally, Taiwan Federal Pictures and Hu Jinquan signed a share-sharing contract for this movie, but because Hu Jinquan's contract with Shaw Brothers was not full before he left Shaw Brothers, he still owed Shaw Brothers six movie contracts.
Therefore, Yifu Shao used this as an excuse and coupled with Yifu Shao's connections in Taiwan, he took away the Nanyang copyright of "Dragon Gate Inn" at a cheap price.
Naturally, Federal Pictures did not have much money to give Hu Jinquan, and Hu Jinquan was a literary person. He was too embarrassed to ask, so he just kept it to himself. As a result, there was a gap between the two parties.
In addition, when Hu Jinquan was filming the movie "Chivalrous Woman", Hu Jinquan seriously overspended... In the 1960s, Hu Jinquan's cost of filming "Chivalrous Woman" was NT$14 million!
After the movie was released, although it was divided into two parts, the box office was not satisfactory, and Hu Jinquan completely fell out with Federal Pictures.
Hu Jinquan then returned to Xiangjiang and is now helping Jiahe film a movie.
For such a director who dares to take investors' money and risk his life to satisfy his own ideas, Chu Huan has no idea at all, at least not now. Unless in the future, when the black and white images are bigger and the style needs to be more strict, Chu Huan
Only then can you spend some money to improve the style of your film company.
"Director Hu's reputation is well known, and "The Drunken Man" and "Dragon Gate Inn" are movies I often watch."
Although he never thought of recruiting Hu Jinquan as his subordinate, Chu Huan still gave the director the respect he deserved.
Hu Jinquan smiled bitterly and said: "What a great director, now he is just a lost dog!"
The defeat in Taiwan made Hu Jinquan a little disheartened.
After Li Hanxiang defeated Taiwan, he was able to quickly find the film market in Xiangjiang to make a comeback, but Hu Jinquan did not have this pride. After helping Jiahe to shoot two movies, although Hu Jinquan established his own film company, he rarely saw it from then on.
For directing works, he mostly uses his influence in the European film industry to do distribution work.
"What a big deal, isn't it just that you lost a movie? When you make another hit movie, you will have everything back!"
Li Hanxiang comforted Hu Jinquan and said that he had known Hu Jinquan's thoughts for a long time. He called Hu Jinquan this time to let him see his preparations so that he could regain his confidence!
Hu Jinquan waved his hand and said: "That's not how movies are made. Of course I know what movies make money, but that's not the movie in my mind."
This sentence was enough. Chu Huan once again firmly believed that he would never sign Hu Jinquan.
So he chatted with Li Hanxiang and Hu Jinquan for a few words, and Chu Huan excused himself and left because he had other things to do. He always felt that something was wrong with the way Li Hanxiang looked at him.
If when the time comes, Li Hanxiang hopes that Black and White Image will sign Hu Jinquan, he will have to find a reason to reject him, which will hurt his feelings!
"Young Master Huan, why are you leaving so soon?"
Not long after Chu Huan walked out, Tian Ni ran over with a charming look on her face.
"The next thing is the filming of the movie. It's useless for me, a layman, to stay here. It's better to leave it to professionals like you!"
Facing this extremely high-ranking woman, Chu Huan still had to take her seriously.
Tian Ni smiled sweetly and said: "You are not a professional. You are just making movies. I like you. You are such a handsome boy. It would be a pity not to make movies."
Chu Huan said with a smile: "I think it's pretty good. After all, if I become famous, I will have to face so many fans. I don't know how to reject people. Then I will be in trouble."
"So Mr. Huan doesn't refuse people! Then give me a salary increase?" Tian Ni put her hands behind her hands, leaned slightly forward and approached Chu Huan, and said with a charming look.
"This is part of a contract, so what I said doesn't count!" Chu Huan spread his hands, expressing that he was powerless.
"Besides, you also said that you won't refuse people. Isn't it a success if you don't refuse?" Tianni rolled her eyes at Chu Huan charmingly, then suddenly hugged Chu Huan's arms with both hands, and then faced the front with a 100% expression.
professional smiley face.
Click!
Only then did Chu Huan notice that in front of him, Gu Chengxi took a camera to take a group photo of himself and Tian Ni.
"Thank you, Mr. Huan!"
Gu Chengxi held the camera and smiled proudly at Chu Huan.
Chu Huan looked at Gu Chengxi and sighed: "You have really changed your career to become a paparazzi!"
The proud smile on Gu Chengxi's face froze directly, but she still said bluntly: "Young Master Huan, do you have time to do an exclusive interview?"
Chu Huan waved his hand and said: "No!"
"I'll give you an exclusive interview sooner or later!" After saying that, Gu Chengxi turned and left.
Chu Huan then looked at Tian Ni next to him calmly, "What you did just now crossed the line. This is not good!"
Chu Huan didn't mind playing hard-to-get tricks with a girl like Tian Ni, but the other party clearly wanted to use her to enhance her reputation and wanted Chu Huan to be a stepping stone, so Chu Huan had to say something.
"Don't participate in Director Li's next movie!"
After saying that, Chu Huan shook off Tian Ni's hands and left the set.
Tian Ni stood there in a daze, with some regret in her eyes. When she was at the entrance of the peninsula, she knew that Chu Huan was a high-ranking opponent, so she acted just like that.
But now the calmness shown by Chu Huan made Tian Ni a little worried.
Just when Tian Ni was thinking about what to do next, the voice of the script came from the distance, and the movie was about to start shooting.
Tian Ni quickly calmed down and walked over a few steps quickly.
She did not doubt Chu Huan's words. Li Hanxiang's next movie should be without her. All she can do now is to make this movie well and increase her reputation in Hong Kong, so that she can get more film appointments.
Because of Tian Ni's impulsive move, Chu Huan had to deal with the aftermath of this photo at this time.
So after coming out of the set, Chu Huan went directly to the University of Hong Kong and met Cao Yunshang.
"Didn't you say you were going to attend the opening ceremony of Director Li's new movie today?"
Seeing Chu Huan coming over, Cao Yunshang asked with some confusion.
Chu Huan said with a smile: "There is no way, there are too many Yingying Yanyans on the set, and I am a well-known young talent in Xiangjiang. If I stay there any longer, the newspapers in Xiangjiang will probably publish too many photos tomorrow.
Already."
"Have you been secretly photographed?" Cao Yunshang did not realize Chu Huan's true purpose, but instead said proudly.
Chu Huan nodded and said, "Yes, when I was chatting with Tian Ni, I was photographed by the reporter."
"Haha, you deserve it!" Cao Yunshang said with a proud smile.